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The six other priority categories
are not listed in any particular
order.
The next priority I will discuss is
Improve Mobility. As most of you
know, we presented our long-
range transportation goals to our
legislative delegation at our pre-
sentation earlier this month. That
presentation focused on the Alvin
Expressway, FM 528 extension (or
west loop), and Grand Parkway
projects. Each of these projects
will be included in the Houston
Galveston Area Council’s regional
Metropolitan Transportation Plan.
More significantly, TxDot has ini-
tiated a Major Investment Study
for the Alvin Expressway project
This study will lead to establishing
a right-of-way corridor while the
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Michael and Kay Tobola of o’clock on December 30, 2000,
Alvin, Texas, announce the at First United Methodist
engagement of their daughter, Church in Pasadena, Texas.
Tammy Tobola to Andrew The bride-elect graduated from
Roberts, son of Monte and Alvin High School and Texas
Glennia Roberts of Sudan, Tech University.
Texas. The groom-elect is employed by
The wedding will be held at 6 Amherst Grain and Fertilizer.
Enjoy all sorts of fun
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Council earlier this year are not as why we are expanding our utility
focused as they should be. service area in the first place.
However, it’s a great start. I would There is significant area in our
like to describe those ptiorities for City limits not served with water
you now, and discuss what we re and sewer.
doing with them. Providing this service to current-
The Council’s priority state- ly undeveloped land is a key com-
ments are organized into seven pri- ponent of our economic develop-
ority categories. ment efforts. We cannot expect to
Priority Number One is to attract new growth if we cannot
implement the Water and Sewer support it with the necessary infra-
opportunity to establish that corn
dor still exists
The fiscal year 2001 spending
plan of the City of Alvin includes
$300,000 for paving and drainage
improvements to Ryan Drive and
Westpark, $100,000 for repairs to
Kost Street, $110,000 for miscel-
laneous street resurfacing and
repairs, and $100,000 for traffic
control and pavement marking
An important element of the
Mobility subject is the safety of
bicyclists, especially children.
The Public Safety and Crime
Prevention committee, chaired by
Mr Dekenipp, will continue to
monitor our efforts to educate chil-
dren about bike safety.
Another priority with important
long-term implications is to
Evaluate and Implement a
Regional Surface Water Plan.
Thanks to the efforts of Mr Tyson,
funding has been approved
through the Texas Water
Development Board to fund a
facilities planning study for the
Mid-Brazoria County Regional
Water Plan Area. This will allow
us to ensure that we can analyze
all options for cost-effectively pro-
viding surface water to our area
For the current school year all
substitute teacher applicants with
less than 60 college hours wll be
required to attend a Substitute
Academy provided by Alvin ISD
The academy will involve an no
tial 3 hour training on acceptable
use policies. ethics and proce-
dures. campus expectations and
responsibilities, and clastoom
and discipline manavement
Update training will be provided
twice each yeat
Applicants must agree to attend
two of these sessions to review
expectations and address curent
issues
Finally, the applicant must
obtain a substitute certification
course which will be offered local
ly
The substitute certification will
not be requited until the 2001
2002 school year.
The rate of pay for this classifi-
cation of substitute teachers will
be $45 per day
Substitute teacher applicants
with 60 college hours or more and
those with a college degree will be
paid $60 per day.
Individuals with a college degree
Please see Substitute, page 9A
over the next filly years a .1
beyond.
The Council has established
Improve Visual Appearance of the
City as a priority.
The budget established for
Fiscal Year 2001 includes more
resources for the maintenance of
City property. The budget also
provides for an enhanced level of
enforcement of the City's ordi-
nances regarding private property.
Of course, one of the best ways to
help is the voluntary efforts of res-
idential and business owners
Several Council committees
h ve dealt with this subject. The
Alvin ISD will begin a new sub
stitute teacher program on Nov 1
which will allow individuals to
become substitute teachers with
out having college credits
Currently, 60 college hours arc-
required to be a substitute teachet
in Alvin
Greg Quinn, new Human
Resources director lor the District,
said the reason tor the new pro
gram is that the District is trying
to increase the pool of substitute
teachers
"There are several factors that
have contributed to the District's
decision. The economy is very
good and the unemployment rate
is at an all time low Certified
teachers are in great demand and
many have reentered (he profes
sion, reducing the number avail
able to serve as substitutes,”
Quinn said
"We visited with some of oui
neighboring school districts and
found that many have increased
substitute pay and modified the
requirement to become a substi
lute, so we began to make some
changes in our program, some
which will begin immediately,” he
added
Plan. Last year, I spoke of the
development of a Water and
Wastewater Master Plan, with pol-
icy direction being provided by the
Transportalic n. Infrastructure, and
Services Committee, chaired by
Ms. Morales. This plan is now
complete The plan calls for $25
million in expenditures over the
next ten years to improve and
expand our utility system. We
believe this is crucial to our eco-
nomic development. This year’s
budget includes $4.1 million in
projects, highlighted by water and
sewer being provided to the East
Highway 6 area.
As stated earlier, the Finance,
Administration, and
Intergovernmental Relations
Committee, chaired by Mr. Tyson,
has reviewed a financing plan to
pay for these improvements. This
plan involves using a combination
of current revenues and new debt.
This debt would be utility revenue
supported, and would not impact
the general obligation funding
capacity of the City. Our very
conservative growth projections
cause us to anticipate the need to
increase utility rates to pay this
debt, starting with a 2% increase
in Fiscal Year 2002.
The first year’s debt issuance
will be $3.5 million. The City
Manager, City Finance Director,
Financial Advisor, and I will trav-
el to New York on November 6 to
visit with bond rating agencies to
issue this debt. Our goal is to
secure a high bond rating for our
bond sale. These ratings, which
are assessments of our credit wor-
thiness, impact the interest we will
have to pay on our debt. The suc-
cess of our trip will be enhanced
by the fact that we will be able to
present a comprehensive capital
plan, a specific water and sewer
plan, and a plan for paying for it to
the rating analy . ts.
This will translate into lower
interest rates and a savings for the
City
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